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barry obama had no political inclinations whatsoever. finally at age 18, i'm sorry, that is not the way the tiger was supposed to go out. he left the island of what to occidental college in los angeles and really see the first inkling for some pain. his mother, even this human spirit and a sensibility she was something special. you're not just a good time charlie. there some reason for you to be on this earth. he started associating with the intellectual older kid, this still wasn't quite -- was m. cohan. he didn't know what this place was and he spent two years there. he was also at that point in the first cohort of african-americans, maybe 80 or 90, but he wasn't quite there. he was more comfortable with the international students, the pakistanis and indians in french kids because he had an international sensibility. but he was finding his way. he was what i describe as this long to her home, which ends up in the middle of america. after two years at occidental, it was to upper-middle-class, easy and he wanted to get closer to the grit
barry obama had no political inclinations whatsoever. finally at age 18, i'm sorry, that is not the way the tiger was supposed to go out. he left the island of what to occidental college in los angeles and really see the first inkling for some pain. his mother, even this human spirit and a sensibility she was something special. you're not just a good time charlie. there some reason for you to be on this earth. he started associating with the intellectual older kid, this still wasn't quite --...
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obama was derided as an insufferable overachiever in an early political race, his friends were infuriated. but even those loyal to mr. obama say that his quest for excellence can lead him to cockiness, and they tends to overestimate his capability, end of quote. so what should one predict about a second term for barack obama, particularly with these qualities of character? he most recently exhibited a combination of moving to the center while preaching was somehow detected as class welfare, targeting the wealthy for more taxes. speaker of the house boehner states that the president backed away from an agreed compromise on raising the debt limit. in an article in "the new york times" magazine tends to support that charge. and a recent book by bob woodward paints a picture of obama standing firm against john boehner and the negotiations. as the apparent requirement for resolution of major legislation approaches, and as it appears that even more rigid positions are being forecast for the next congress, it will take an unusually skillful second term president to deliver solutions to the finan
obama was derided as an insufferable overachiever in an early political race, his friends were infuriated. but even those loyal to mr. obama say that his quest for excellence can lead him to cockiness, and they tends to overestimate his capability, end of quote. so what should one predict about a second term for barack obama, particularly with these qualities of character? he most recently exhibited a combination of moving to the center while preaching was somehow detected as class welfare,...
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when this gentleman was given up for political dead meat. remember this image and just frame it in your head. harry truman. didn't have a chance in hell. apparent live he did. all right. >>> the media not giving rand a hand. why is that not at all surprising? is that why ron paul is pulling a glen beck and launching his very own media channel. ron paul starts firing up on smn, 8:00 p.m. you don't get it? >> go get it. >> you're much better in this studio, guys, than you are elsewhere. taxes are up today. more proof we need to keep it up? >> neil: the u.s. budget gone is some rinking. down 38% in july. all that amid higher taxes and lower government spending. why scotty says we need to keep up with the spending cuts and rick says maybe it's proof that the higher taxes work. so scotty, what you're saying is it's not both. it's the spending cuts, not the new tax revenue year the sequestration came and went and, guess what, we still have puppy dogs and rainbows and lollipops. >> neil: really? they wanted to phase that out. >> they did, but the c
when this gentleman was given up for political dead meat. remember this image and just frame it in your head. harry truman. didn't have a chance in hell. apparent live he did. all right. >>> the media not giving rand a hand. why is that not at all surprising? is that why ron paul is pulling a glen beck and launching his very own media channel. ron paul starts firing up on smn, 8:00 p.m. you don't get it? >> go get it. >> you're much better in this studio, guys, than you are...
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he loved to talk politics. he loved to talk strategy. he loved to have people listen to him talk about strategy and policy. president obama is a little more removed than that. that's not kind of his thing. he's also talking about someone he feels had insulting things about him. in the end here is what mattered. in the end the president obama turned to bill clinton for advice, particularly after his poor performance in the first debate and in the end after he won, one of the first people he called was bill clinton. so politics can be overlooked, you know, bad friendships or bad feelings if it leads to a victory and i think that's where they ended it. >> finally and briefly, if you don't mind, candy, will it be rather icy when the vice president arrives for his morning coffee when he arrives tomorrow? >> i would think probably the happiest person tonight is hillary clinton not to be sitting in the white house as vice president because they are in deep trouble now, so i think she's probably grateful. i don't think joe biden will be that ple
he loved to talk politics. he loved to talk strategy. he loved to have people listen to him talk about strategy and policy. president obama is a little more removed than that. that's not kind of his thing. he's also talking about someone he feels had insulting things about him. in the end here is what mattered. in the end the president obama turned to bill clinton for advice, particularly after his poor performance in the first debate and in the end after he won, one of the first people he...
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tavis: barack obama will be sworn in. the next four years will determine the legacy that president obama will leave behind. regardless of how he is judged in office, his meteoric rise in american politics has been one of the most unlikely and transformative journeys in american history. that is our show for tonight. we'll speak to prince. a few memorable nights with the musical icon. good night from los angeles. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with prince, some memorable appearances over the years. that is next time. we will see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp h
tavis: barack obama will be sworn in. the next four years will determine the legacy that president obama will leave behind. regardless of how he is judged in office, his meteoric rise in american politics has been one of the most unlikely and transformative journeys in american history. that is our show for tonight. we'll speak to prince. a few memorable nights with the musical icon. good night from los angeles. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit...
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pressures are are going to be very different than for barack obama, who is not running again, right? but i do think he wants to they can -- check this one off. >> i also think that 9 republicans really want to get something done here. chris: off their backs. >> on immigration. chris: and gun safety, the new term of art now. the member of congress can sit home and he or she knows exact lib the gun situation in their districts more than the president knows. >> in the case of background checks, deep background checks, there is something like 90% support for that. studies have shown when presidents get out there and try to bring to washington and understanding that the people out in the country already have, in other words when he's not changing minds but chanepping energy -- chris: which is there because of this. >> he can get it done on background checks. the rest, the n.r.a. is too strong. chris: and when we talk about if he gets something done it's this year. the time is now. >> the most likely thing is background checks on gun control. there is a lesson here out of new york. gomp cu
pressures are are going to be very different than for barack obama, who is not running again, right? but i do think he wants to they can -- check this one off. >> i also think that 9 republicans really want to get something done here. chris: off their backs. >> on immigration. chris: and gun safety, the new term of art now. the member of congress can sit home and he or she knows exact lib the gun situation in their districts more than the president knows. >> in the case of...
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for a person who was as extraordinary, whose performance skills carried him as far as barack obama's did he distrusted political performance and he hated televised debates, on the other hand he has personal and political contempt for mitt romney and trying to balance out those things led him into a quagmire before the denver debate, he swore he could bounce out of it coming out of denver and seemed to be on the right track and then kind of latches back to a worst place in this bad mock, two nights before hofstra, they get him in this room, the morning after that mock, david axelrod, david enough, jack lew and the .. debate coach the four of them and say basically, mr. president what is wrong with you? you know, you are not doing this. something is going on inside your head that is keeping you from performing the way you need to perform to win this election because we think that the voters might accept one bad debate performance but if you do another thing like denver which is, which last night was even worse than that you could lose the whole election. >> and this is what david plouf
for a person who was as extraordinary, whose performance skills carried him as far as barack obama's did he distrusted political performance and he hated televised debates, on the other hand he has personal and political contempt for mitt romney and trying to balance out those things led him into a quagmire before the denver debate, he swore he could bounce out of it coming out of denver and seemed to be on the right track and then kind of latches back to a worst place in this bad mock, two...
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taken by two million new members, handing obama a political defeat. okay, most original thinking, pat buchanan. >> the scientific team that found the missing particle. >> right. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> eleanor. >> jeff who envisioned drones delivering packages from amazon to our front door, and who also purchased the washington post. and i look forward to how he's going to reinvigorate the favorite property of this country. >> pope francis who brought the catholic church into the 21st sentfully a brilliant and widely appealing way. >> google's free cars-driver- less free car. >>> momento has pain stakingly documented the predictions of climate change computer models. and now a growing list of scientists reject the so-called consensus that manmade climate change is real. that the orthodox makes him the most original thinker of 2013. >>> okay, most staggering thinker. >> the neo cons take on the freeze of the nuclear program to them again. >> i'll get in on that. and i would add the republican governors who are refusing to expand medicaid and they are
taken by two million new members, handing obama a political defeat. okay, most original thinking, pat buchanan. >> the scientific team that found the missing particle. >> right. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> eleanor. >> jeff who envisioned drones delivering packages from amazon to our front door, and who also purchased the washington post. and i look forward to how he's going to reinvigorate the favorite property of this country. >> pope francis who brought the...
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president obama -- this is not a political time when roosevelt lived in. the labor movements are not as strong. today there was a story about the tea party move -- losing its mojo. we're seeing overreach that has led people to this tipping point moment where millions of people have said enough. the obscene inequality in this country colliding with downward mobility that people feel in their gut, they see it among their family and friends. that has led to this moment where there is the possibility of space. organizers can move into it. we could see some real change. it will not come about through just one leader. >> it helps to have a leader who is effective. >> in traveling with the book, i am reminded about what candidate obamas said when he said i am a were shocked -- rorshack. people bring to him their views of the country, their anger and pain. feel he has done what he could in a system where you have a republican party that was determined to take him down. they did not want to govern with him. my sense is that he wanted to bring a different kind of po
president obama -- this is not a political time when roosevelt lived in. the labor movements are not as strong. today there was a story about the tea party move -- losing its mojo. we're seeing overreach that has led people to this tipping point moment where millions of people have said enough. the obscene inequality in this country colliding with downward mobility that people feel in their gut, they see it among their family and friends. that has led to this moment where there is the...
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many americans are not systemic political thinkers. they go by who they trust, who they like, they go by personality. they go by who think is credible and perceive as having a successful track record. when they see something that suspect working, in they view, they want a change. just as i think the liberalism of obama administration is -- of the bush administration i think it is a real opportunity for conservatives and libertarian to capitalize on what will be the real failure of the obama administration. age lot of other issues simply before you can get to the question whether you can use politics to stop the growth of government or to curtail the growth of government in some way. we have many people who question whether big government is a problem. does it exist other than something as a slogan. there is this view i call it the liberal form of exceptionalism there are people that argue having annual deficit that are almost as big as the federal budget when bill clinton was president is not really a problem. there are people argue ha
many americans are not systemic political thinkers. they go by who they trust, who they like, they go by personality. they go by who think is credible and perceive as having a successful track record. when they see something that suspect working, in they view, they want a change. just as i think the liberalism of obama administration is -- of the bush administration i think it is a real opportunity for conservatives and libertarian to capitalize on what will be the real failure of the obama...
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his project, has to be bad. >> the mea culpa is a ritual in american politics. in this case for president obama, i think the reason he dragged on and on yesterday, and a week ago the gettysburg address in 260 words and barack obama was clearing his throat at that point. nonetheless. barack obama knows whatever he says is completely overwhelmed by what happens, and i think he has trouble dealing with words when he knows deeds are more important. and that's when he tends to talk too much. >> how will this damage potentially hillary clinton's chances of winning a 2016 race if the democrats become associated with this catastrophic obama care, which we assume it doesn't work at all, falls flat on it's face how does that impact hillary clinton, if at all? >> you're assuming hillary clinton will run and be the candidate and at this point, before 2008, nobody even knew about barack obama. so there is so much time. i think it's more clearly going to affect the elections next year and also, one possible larger impact, which is actually much more important than how it affe
his project, has to be bad. >> the mea culpa is a ritual in american politics. in this case for president obama, i think the reason he dragged on and on yesterday, and a week ago the gettysburg address in 260 words and barack obama was clearing his throat at that point. nonetheless. barack obama knows whatever he says is completely overwhelmed by what happens, and i think he has trouble dealing with words when he knows deeds are more important. and that's when he tends to talk too much....
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there's a reason why barack obama has transitioned his political operation into this non-profit messaging operation to reinforce the direction he wants to go with the country at the grassroots level to target those seats. i don't see how and where the republican party beyond, you know, calling a committee meeting here and there has been on the ground in neighborhoods doing the very difficult, out-of-the-box work relating to voters. and so unless they do that, unless they message is really honed and fine-tuned, it's going to be very difficult to hold on as the president's momentum grows. we'll see what happens in response to the state of the union. we'll see what happens in response to immigration and other issues. but, right now, to your point, i think we've got a lot of work to do and it starts with making sure that you have your base behind the steps you want to take. you just can't go out and say, oh, obama is a bad guy, follow us. >> now, governor, talking about base behind, political says the rnc meeting focused on broadening the appeal to minority voters. and i'm quoting the article
there's a reason why barack obama has transitioned his political operation into this non-profit messaging operation to reinforce the direction he wants to go with the country at the grassroots level to target those seats. i don't see how and where the republican party beyond, you know, calling a committee meeting here and there has been on the ground in neighborhoods doing the very difficult, out-of-the-box work relating to voters. and so unless they do that, unless they message is really honed...
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searches have long complained president obama thinks that of himself. now call they have made it official i guess. >> he was treated as messiah figure the first time around. the media put too much faith in politics and government it reflect their particular ideological bias. they really -- they are setting him up for a no fail secondin term. they are not going to hold him accountability didn't held him accountable in the. racist. viewer for the coverage of the "the washington post" had it right when he said al roker mentioned it earlier embarrassed himself. he wasn't alone. >> then there was the "new york times" which complained about george w. bush spending $40 million on his second inauguration. jim touched in this. touched on this. they said the inauguration, the ceremonies for aauguration in war time lingering question of tone. that was all about george w. bush's second inaugural. and then for barack obama spending 50 million on his second inauguration, the times wrote fundraising is lagging so far for inaugural plans. and lamenting the fact that in
searches have long complained president obama thinks that of himself. now call they have made it official i guess. >> he was treated as messiah figure the first time around. the media put too much faith in politics and government it reflect their particular ideological bias. they really -- they are setting him up for a no fail secondin term. they are not going to hold him accountability didn't held him accountable in the. racist. viewer for the coverage of the "the washington...
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the place for politics. it's noth of rotating categories" card. it's not the "sign up for rewards each quarter" card. it's the no-games, no-messing-'round, no-earning-limit-having, do-i-look-like-i'm-joking, turbo-boosting, heavyweight-champion- of-the-world cash back card. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every damn day. now, tell me, what's in your wallet? an arm wrestling match that mr. clean realized the way to handle bigger, tougher messes was better leverage. that's why he created his new magic eraser handy grip. it has a handle that firmly attaches to the eraser so you get better leverage and more oomph with less effort. it's the perfect magic eraser for making stuff that's big and tough not so tough, after all. mr. clean's handy grip -- the newest member of the magic eraser family. in all purpose and bath. [ engine revs ] in all purpose and bath. with an innovative showerhead plus wireless speaker, kohler is the proud sponsor of singing in the shower. ugh! actu
the place for politics. it's noth of rotating categories" card. it's not the "sign up for rewards each quarter" card. it's the no-games, no-messing-'round, no-earning-limit-having, do-i-look-like-i'm-joking, turbo-boosting, heavyweight-champion- of-the-world cash back card. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every damn day. now, tell me, what's in your wallet? an arm wrestling match that mr. clean...
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obama hasn't fundamentally changed obama's political sfraukture. he goes onto declare that "republicans just have a perception problem with hispanics. a perception problem? does he understand the amount of change that we've seen happen in this country? and how people are not just talking about perception? but reality and the realities have changed? >> well, i think carl rove of 2012 needs to have a conversation with carl rove of 2004 when he realized in 2004, carl rove nuf that he needed the hispanic vote. and he recognized he didn't need every single catholic and he didn't need every single person of color. he just needed a percentage off the top in order to move the republican agenda forward. since then, the republican party has gone off the deep enld. and they're also losing, as a result of caterering to the tea party so quickly. they're also actually losing a lot of moderate republicans. not only is the country more diverse, its's younger and it has a lot of single women and it has asians running and african americans and latinos. it's a whole
obama hasn't fundamentally changed obama's political sfraukture. he goes onto declare that "republicans just have a perception problem with hispanics. a perception problem? does he understand the amount of change that we've seen happen in this country? and how people are not just talking about perception? but reality and the realities have changed? >> well, i think carl rove of 2012 needs to have a conversation with carl rove of 2004 when he realized in 2004, carl rove nuf that he...
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it leaves us today point that barack obama can do the politically impossible. he can dismiss these as phoney scandals. people are stunned. how can you dismiss the murder of an american border agent as a phoney scandal? tell that to the family of brian terry. how can you dismiss the death, the murders of four american citizens in benghazi, including ambassador stevens, the man you reported to care so much about, as a phoney scandal? how can you dismiss the greatest possible abuse of government power sticking the irs on its citizens as a phoney scandal? why? because barack obama can. because you all don't understand why because you are the average american out there who might rely on abc, nbc, cbs, cnn, "new york times," or the "washington post," for your news. if you have, you have just heard noise, and barack obama can now come in and say, it's nothing but noise. i'm trying to do my job. i'm trying to do what the president of the united states must do, and these republicans are muddying everything up with these phoney scandals, and it's working. so, ladies and
it leaves us today point that barack obama can do the politically impossible. he can dismiss these as phoney scandals. people are stunned. how can you dismiss the murder of an american border agent as a phoney scandal? tell that to the family of brian terry. how can you dismiss the death, the murders of four american citizens in benghazi, including ambassador stevens, the man you reported to care so much about, as a phoney scandal? how can you dismiss the greatest possible abuse of government...
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it's now soweight weighted on te of barack obama. if that hasn't changed enough for republicans to get the memo that maybe it would be good politics for them to maybe start saying the economy is getting better. the other is they agreed to raise taxes in january. that was a painful thing for them to do. >> for the top 1%. >> barely. exactly. we always raised taxes on everybody. >> nobody argues about that unfortunately. >> exactly. but they don't want to admit that in a slightly higher tax market jobs are being created. >> let me go to michael. there are a couple of shots taken at the president. it's like etch a sketch again. one-sixth of 1%. high interest rates. the they're so low, you can borough if you've got the collateral. i think his tonians are doing already and other countries but it's not generally the rule that that's working right now. >> no. europe provides -- with all due respect to his toestonia, i kno some of the things said about ben bernanke as he was anothee r engineering the policy and sarah palin, completely wrong.
it's now soweight weighted on te of barack obama. if that hasn't changed enough for republicans to get the memo that maybe it would be good politics for them to maybe start saying the economy is getting better. the other is they agreed to raise taxes in january. that was a painful thing for them to do. >> for the top 1%. >> barely. exactly. we always raised taxes on everybody. >> nobody argues about that unfortunately. >> exactly. but they don't want to admit that in a...
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if president obama does have a political strategy to rebuild the democratic party as the dominant political party and his plan is to use demographic shifts as part of that, hispanics especially and young people and the issues of marriage equality and things like that that really shift the demographics in this country, this issue is the heart of it, isn't it? they see what he's doing, and they're going to try to fight it by getting rid of the voting rights act. >> he knows this issue is the heart of it, and they know it maybe even better. and that's why we've seen such a backlash especially just since 2008 really, chris, where these tactics have moved north and you have states like ohio and wisconsin and pennsylvania doing it, too. so we need to be more vigilant, not less. >> the funny thing, the whole country is on the same page. they know exactly what's -- both sides know exactly the stakes. they know the trend of history, and one is riding the trend of history, obama, the others are fighting it, and we all know what we're doing. thank you very much, joan walsh, thank you very much, judith
if president obama does have a political strategy to rebuild the democratic party as the dominant political party and his plan is to use demographic shifts as part of that, hispanics especially and young people and the issues of marriage equality and things like that that really shift the demographics in this country, this issue is the heart of it, isn't it? they see what he's doing, and they're going to try to fight it by getting rid of the voting rights act. >> he knows this issue is...
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neutral state apparatus in egypt and others i state a party to serving one political party. or you are still in that initial period. a great collaboration over the last four years that's how u.s. president barack obama described his first term in office with hillary clinton of course is now leaving the post of secretary of state well both appeared in a joint televised interview as america's top diplomat prepares to step down let's take a closer look at how they do defended their foreign policy in the middle east well responding to calls for decisive action in the region obama cited egypt as one of the examples of where his administration play a leading role in aiding regime change specifically he said that i think it had if it had not been for the leadership we showed you might have seen a different outcome there we do nobody a service when we leap before we look sounds fair enough but as we've just heard from bell true continuing on dress and mass protests are happening in egypt and the president has declared a state of emergency and nightly curfew so violence there reigns
neutral state apparatus in egypt and others i state a party to serving one political party. or you are still in that initial period. a great collaboration over the last four years that's how u.s. president barack obama described his first term in office with hillary clinton of course is now leaving the post of secretary of state well both appeared in a joint televised interview as america's top diplomat prepares to step down let's take a closer look at how they do defended their foreign policy...
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talk sick now politically . president obama is completely toxic on the campaign trail especially to where both of the senators that are involved a barrel elections on the democratic side of the aisle are running away from him running away from health care and on so many different issues running away from him on surveillance you have bipartisan bills going through on that right now to curb the n.s.a. the n.d.a. whatever issue you can possibly touch at this point in time there is a complete fracturing of his coalition i also don't want to touch real quickly this past debate here that i agree with austin the president congress the federal government does not create jobs in the economy they remove predictability for businesses that project five to ten years out with over regulation heavy taxation and all these little gimme cookie cutter jobs programs that are nothing more than a little stimulus here or there for select constituencies that are in involved in pay to play and they house republicans well they may have n
talk sick now politically . president obama is completely toxic on the campaign trail especially to where both of the senators that are involved a barrel elections on the democratic side of the aisle are running away from him running away from health care and on so many different issues running away from him on surveillance you have bipartisan bills going through on that right now to curb the n.s.a. the n.d.a. whatever issue you can possibly touch at this point in time there is a complete...
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after the mid-term elections president obama calls again on clinton's political skills and popularity. >> bring the other guy in. >> in december, 2010, clinton joins the president at the white house podium to rally support for obama's deal with the republicans over extending the bush tax cuts. in an unexpected way it puts on the stage for all to see the country's most vital political alliance -- obama and the clintons. clinton holds forth to the assembled reporters for half an hour demonstrating his sharp, up-to-date grasp of the economic problems facing the country. >> we have to go beyond direct investments, whether they're stimulus projects or tax cuts to private growth but to get there we have to achieve a high level of growth that triggers confidence. so i personally believe this is a good deal, and the best he could have gotten under the circumstances. >> president obama departs after a few minutes leaving clinton alone. for a short while it almost seems like clinton is president once more and he is enjoying every moment at the national podium. >> mr. president, i get the feelin
after the mid-term elections president obama calls again on clinton's political skills and popularity. >> bring the other guy in. >> in december, 2010, clinton joins the president at the white house podium to rally support for obama's deal with the republicans over extending the bush tax cuts. in an unexpected way it puts on the stage for all to see the country's most vital political alliance -- obama and the clintons. clinton holds forth to the assembled reporters for half an hour...
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politically, that makes no sense whatsoever. ideologically, right, except that our bases, are both of our parties, partisan opposition, of the opposing party, but the people in the middle, for those folks that are the persuadable, whatever-you-want-to-call-them voters, ironically, if a significant number of them supported me and the president, they felt they were for something. it may not be consistent ideologically, but it was something where they said but their opponents did not fill the void, they made the election about i'm not scott walker, i hate scott walker, in some ways the republican nominee was the same. in the case of the center, what they wanted was candidates that ran their way on issues, he wanted people who wanted to lead. >> thanks for being here, governor. so you and other governors who have conservative views of lawmakers in washington, like bobby jindal, who say that governors should be branding the party more than republicans here. you're making an argument earlier that you need or whoever is the next presid
politically, that makes no sense whatsoever. ideologically, right, except that our bases, are both of our parties, partisan opposition, of the opposing party, but the people in the middle, for those folks that are the persuadable, whatever-you-want-to-call-them voters, ironically, if a significant number of them supported me and the president, they felt they were for something. it may not be consistent ideologically, but it was something where they said but their opponents did not fill the...
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the presidency of barack obama. david corn for mother jones and msnbc political analyst. and joy reid, an msnbc contributor. having lost in their plot to block the health care law by taking the federal government and the economy hostage, republicans have now decided to go home. they won't work with this president on anything because he had the nerve to beat them. politico reports republicans plan to block president obama on all his initiatives including immigration reform. quote, prominent immigration supporters like marco rubio have also backed off any deal saying the obama administration has quote, undermined negotiations by not defunding his signature health care law. paul labrador of idaho says the president is trying to, quote, destroy the republican party and gop leaders would be crazy to enter into talks with him. involved in the pro-immigration movement said after obama poisoned the well, the chances for substantive reforms seem all but gone. let me go to david on this. david, this seems to be the new excuse for everything. the die dared to protect his baby and in
the presidency of barack obama. david corn for mother jones and msnbc political analyst. and joy reid, an msnbc contributor. having lost in their plot to block the health care law by taking the federal government and the economy hostage, republicans have now decided to go home. they won't work with this president on anything because he had the nerve to beat them. politico reports republicans plan to block president obama on all his initiatives including immigration reform. quote, prominent...
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. >> bill clinton threw barack obama on the political bus here. that was damaging. you saw a lot of democrats go wobbly. we'll see something coming out of the white house. the question is what can they announce that doesn't gut the core of the law. in their view these plans are noncompliant with the law. they are bad plans that don't live up to the standards they've set. how can they go back and retroactively allow those plans. >> he hasn't backed any legislation. i want to get to that, bob. tell me about the small business group insurance. i want to ask you about the insurance companies. they're all programmed now. they're all programmed to get rid of these plans and somehow get the new obama plans in there. let's say the landrew bill passes which allows you to keep your plan. the insurance can be re-reprogrammed to do this? >> i made the rounds today and asked that question of the ceos. larry, if you have to sign up by december 15th in order to have coverage on january 1. december 15th is 33 days away from now. so the notion that they can pass something in the con
. >> bill clinton threw barack obama on the political bus here. that was damaging. you saw a lot of democrats go wobbly. we'll see something coming out of the white house. the question is what can they announce that doesn't gut the core of the law. in their view these plans are noncompliant with the law. they are bad plans that don't live up to the standards they've set. how can they go back and retroactively allow those plans. >> he hasn't backed any legislation. i want to get to...
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political strategist and we also have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and. host of a daily radio program right gentlemen cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it chad if i go to you first in new york congratulations on your victory over the mayor of race in new york a breath of fresh air a lot of people say but let's go to president obama he's got very low numbers in the polls right now about forty six that's the lowest during his time in office and a lot of people are saying at home and abroad this guy just doesn't cut the mustard he doesn't have the to get his agenda through and hence he is a lame duck now agree or disagree. well i i really disagree i mean any time you have three years ago on any term bad really too soon to make that kind of declaration in american politics so barack obama has little bit of distance right now but he has some some great opportunities to implement he said gently ok that was short and sweet don we have a lame duck president in the in the white house right now i don't kn
political strategist and we also have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and. host of a daily radio program right gentlemen cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it chad if i go to you first in new york congratulations on your victory over the mayor of race in new york a breath of fresh air a lot of people say but let's go to president obama he's got very low numbers in the polls right now about forty six that's the lowest during his...
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what is going on here is that democrats are worried that without barack obama on the ballot, that black voter turnout may be down. i think this is an attempt to scare blacks to the polls by claiming that republicans are trying to -- >> so there's politics going on here, surprise, surprise. >> let's get that fact. what's the trend from 1996 in percentage of african-americans voting up 13% from 1996 to 2012. >> even in states with some of the strictest voter i.d. laws in the country. >> how would you respond to democrats and say well, what a surprise? the first african-american president on the top of the ballot the last two years. that won't happen when barack obama is no longer on the ticket. >> well, the trend precedes barack obama. it goes back to 1996. so this is a trend that happened independent of barack obama. now, will it continue when he's gone? i don't know. but what we do know is that if republicans are trying to disenfranchise black voters, they have doing a bad job of it. >> colin, secretary of state clinton said that north carolina pushed through a bill that "reads like the
what is going on here is that democrats are worried that without barack obama on the ballot, that black voter turnout may be down. i think this is an attempt to scare blacks to the polls by claiming that republicans are trying to -- >> so there's politics going on here, surprise, surprise. >> let's get that fact. what's the trend from 1996 in percentage of african-americans voting up 13% from 1996 to 2012. >> even in states with some of the strictest voter i.d. laws in the...
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he doesn't care about the schmooshing size of politics. and not just the schmooshing of matters and stuff he just doesn't want to talk to anybody. we've heard this a million times. i don't the that's going to change. he's not suddenly going to become the guy who is like bill clinton, who is either twisting arms or slapping backs. that's just, i've seen no change to that effect. i think that is deeply rooted in his character. i think if anything getting re-elect has lessened the incentive for him to change that way. he's come to a determination you never really thought it mattered and i think he really now thinks it matters going forward and he does believe in this outside game. i think hi grit es lesson of the last four years is that most of the time when he tried to play the inside game in washington it didn't necessarily work to his advantage. even when he got things through salutively and the campaign infrastructure setting up outside of the white house and trying to do grassroots mobilization to not shoes the campaign infrastructure th
he doesn't care about the schmooshing size of politics. and not just the schmooshing of matters and stuff he just doesn't want to talk to anybody. we've heard this a million times. i don't the that's going to change. he's not suddenly going to become the guy who is like bill clinton, who is either twisting arms or slapping backs. that's just, i've seen no change to that effect. i think that is deeply rooted in his character. i think if anything getting re-elect has lessened the incentive for...
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life after the obama administration came in with his big hopes of changing everything getting serious about energy getting serious about global warming in certain ways has been as disappointing as president bush was. there's a great deal of in tipis the distrust even anger toward liberals and i don't think it's misplaced it was the democratic party under bill clinton that deregulated the banking system allowed our commercial banks to become hedge funds and precipitated the meltdown that we are now undergoing. this was done consciously bill clinton understood that if he did corporate bidding he would get over money can buy the one nine hundred ninety s. the democratic party late ninety's and fund raising parity with the republican party and by the time barack obama ran for president they got more. when have the american people been as betrayed investing so much hope energy money and barack obama's campaign. today we're announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration. meddling take responsibility for solving this crisis and the president and the buck stops with me. obama fl
life after the obama administration came in with his big hopes of changing everything getting serious about energy getting serious about global warming in certain ways has been as disappointing as president bush was. there's a great deal of in tipis the distrust even anger toward liberals and i don't think it's misplaced it was the democratic party under bill clinton that deregulated the banking system allowed our commercial banks to become hedge funds and precipitated the meltdown that we are...